Collapsible boat



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PATENT dossier:

COLLAP SIBLE BOAT Guy Nelson Raymer, Beatrice, Calif., assigner of one-half to John A. Monat, Loleta, Calif.

Application December 4, 1936, Serial No.r 114,239

3 Claims` This invention appertainsto new and useful improvements in the general art VVof boats;

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a boat of sectional construction wherein the sections are associated in such a way that the boat can be readily collapsed and packed into a small parcel. i

Another important object 0f the invention is to provide a collapsible boat wherein the parts l0 are sturdily constructed and well braced when the boat is extended for use.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional View through the boat.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the boat.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the boat with the covering removed.

Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the end sections with two of the brace members in upright position.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detailed sectional View taken substantially on the line 6 5 of Figure 5.

Figure '7 is a sectional View on the line 1-1 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one end portion of the boat.

Figure 9 is a side elevational View showing the collapsed sections of the boat.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the numerals 5, 6, 1 and 8 represent the hollow bottom sections of the boat. The upper walls of the section G-E are connected together attheir adjacent ends by the hinge structure 9 and this is also true of the sections 1--5 as at I0.

The stern end of the section 8 is provided with eyes I I I I at the corners thereof and from these eyes extend the cables I2-I2. These cables are attached to the threaded member I3 which extends upwardly through a forwardly inclined barrel I4 in the section 1. This threaded member I3 is provided with a wing nut I 5 at its upper end and by feeding this wing nut downwardly and against the upper end of the barrel I4 the cables I2-I2 can be maintained taut and the sections 5 to 8, inclusive, rigidly in alignment.

The bow section 1 tapers as shown in Figure 2 and as is shown in Figure 8 has an elongated pocket I6 for receiving the channel member I1.

The channel member at one end is swingably connected as at I8 to the section 1 at the lower end of the pocket I6 and this channel member I1 at its upper end is provided with internally threaded ear members I9 through which the 5 screw 26 is feedable, the screw being providedv with a head 2l having a kerf therein which can receivethe depending lug 22 onthe supporting plate 23 for the waterproof covering 24 of the boat. 10

'I'his waterproof covering 24 extends over the entire bottom of the boat as well as forming the side walls thereof.

It can be seen, that the screw 20 can be adjusted to the proper height and then the plate 15 23 pulled upwardly sufciently so that the lug 22 can engage into the kerf of the screw head, thus maintaining the bow portion of the covering 24 taut.

The other brace means on the sections 5 to 8, 20 inclusive, are generally referred to by numeral 25. 'I'hese brace structures 25 being of substantially the same construction as the brace structure shown in Figure 8 with the exception that the screw 20, plate 23 and lug Ill are not employed. 25 However, in all of these brace structures, a U- shaped member 26 is employed which has its bight portion disposed through an ear 21 on the channeled member I1 while its legs are provided with laterally disposed pintles 28 engageable 30 into recesses in the side walls of the pocket I6 for retaining the channeled member in the upright position shown.

On the rear section 8, brace structures generally referred to by numeral 29--29 are em- 35 ployed and are constructed in the same manner as the brace structure shown in Figure 8, these brace structures 29-29 serving to form the rear corners of the boat.

A flexible casing 30 extends around the entire 40 boat adjacent the bottom thereof and has the pneumatic tube 3I therein equipped with a valve 32 whereby the tube can be inflated.

As is clearly shown in Figure l, upstanding members 33-34 on the sections 5-6 are pivot- 45 ally connected together at their upper ends as at 35 so that when the sections 5 to 8 are collapsed they can assume the relationship shown in Figure 9.

In the top portion of the section 6, enlarged 50 pockets 36-36 are provided for the reception of the brace frames 31 which are of substantially square shape and provided with depending portions 38 for supporting the seat 39 at the end portions thereof. 55

Obviously, when the boat has been extended and the brace structures placed upright, the side walls of the covering 24 can be disposed over the upper ends of the braces and the edge portion of the covering folded downwardly and connected to itself by snap fasteners 40 as suggested in Figures 1 and 8.

By releasing these fasteners and collapsing the braces and subsequently collapsing the sections, the entire boat can be folded upinto a small bundle. x

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specic terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new isz- 1. A boat of the character described comprising a plurality of hollow bottom sections, said sec tions being hingedly connected together to form an elongated structure, vertically swingable brace members on these sections, and a exible covering adapted to be disposed under the said sections and upwardly and over the upper edges of the brace members.

2. A boat of the character described comprising a plurality of bottom sections, said sections being hingedly connected together, vertically swingable brace members on these sections, and a flexible covering adapted to be disposed under the said sections and upwardly and over the upper edges of the brace members, one of the said bottom sections being tapered at one end to form the bow of the boat, and a brace member on the said bow section having adjusting means for engaging the covering and drawing the same taut in an upward direction.

3. A boat of the character described comprising a plurality of bottom sections, said sections being hingedly connected together to form an elongated structure, vertically swingable brace members on said sections, a flexible covering adapted to be disposed under the bottom sections and upwardlyk and over the upper edges of the brace members, and a cable extending from one bottom section, under the intermediate section, and an inclinedly disposed tube in the opposite end Section for receiving the remaining end of the cable, and a threaded member in the tube to which the last mentioned end of the cable is attached, the upper end of the threaded member being provided with a nut feedable against the upper end of the tube.

Y GUY N. RAYMER. 

